U.S. Military Rescuing Sick Baby On Family's Boat In Pacific Ocean -- Reuters
(Reuters) - An American family that had been sailing across the Pacific Ocean for several weeks was the focus of a U.S. military rescue mission on Saturday after their 1-year-old daughter became severely ill, officials said.
Eric and Charlotte Kaufman, along with their daughters Cora, 3, and 1-year-old Lyra sailed from Mexico on March 19 toward islands in the South Pacific and eventually New Zealand, according to therebelheart.com, where they have been writing about their sometimes stormy voyage.
The family sent out a distress call by satellite from their boat, named Rebel Heart, on Thursday about 1,000 miles off Mexico's Pacific coast.
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Update: Navy warship rescues sick toddler -- AP
My Comment: Taking a one year old on a sailing trip to circle the globe .... and on a 36 foot sailboat at that .... just does not sound right to me. They are very lucky that their distress call was heard, and within range of a U.S. navy ship.
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